SD Coastkeeper director to step down

SAN DIEGO ---- The executive director of San Diego Coastkeeper
will step down after 11 years as the head of the environmental
organization, it was announced Friday.

While Bruce Reznik will no longer be executive director of
Coastkeeper, he will still have an active role in advocating for
the organization, which works to protect inland and coastal waters,
officials with the group said.

"It's time for me to pursue the next chapter in my professional
career," Reznik said in a statement. "I look forward to San Diego
Coastkeeper continuing its legacy as an environmental powerhouse in
the region."

Reznik joined Coastkeeper as executive director in 1999. Since
then, he has championed efforts to reduce sewage spills in San
Diego, led clean ups of waterways and lobbied for better
water-quality monitoring.

Gabriel Solmer, the legal director for Coastkeeper, will be
acting executive director while a search is conducted for a
permanent replacement, officials said.